Shoe-polishing device.



G. A. MA'usERT.

SHOE POLISHING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15. l9l6.

Patented July 3, 1917" LQQQQQ.

GUSTAV ADOLF MAUsEnT,

PATENT FFTQFAC.

0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SHOE-POLISHING DEVICE.

Application filed June 15, 1916.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAV ADoLF Mliusnn'r, citizen of the German Empire, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Polishing Devices, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in shoe polishing devices and the object of the invention is to provide avshoe polishing tool or device adapted especially for individual use and so arranged and constructed that it may be effectively used on ones own shoes and readily carried about as for instance when traveling.

One object of the invention is to provide a shoe polishing device adapted to be manufactured at a very low figure so as to be sold very cheaply, yet so designed that a strong and reliable device is obtained.

Another object is to arrange the device so that the polishing cloth may be readily detached and renewed.

Other objects will appear as this specification proceeds while reference is had to the accompanying drawings illustrating the preferred form of my invention together with several modifications and in which- Figure 1 is a view showing the use of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a view of one form of the shoe polishing device embodying the invention.

Fig. 3 shows the polishing cloth used with the device illustrated in Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing the shoe polishing device comprises a cloth 10 at each end of which is a handle 11. As shown, the handle is made of wood and preferably tapered to form a suitable grip portion 12 and to provide the necessary strength at the same time. The lower end 13 is wedge shaped for the attachment of the cloth which may be of any suitable fabric woven, folded or otherwise formed as shown in Fig. 3 in which the cloth is shown as shaped with open ends 14:, closed circumferentially and of less diameter than the width of the wedge 13 of the handle and provided with an opening 15 intermediate the ends.

With a cloth constructed as described, the handles are attached by being passed Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1917. Serial No. 103,874..

through the side opening 15 and then pulled out endwise through the openings l t into the position shown in Fig. 2 where it will be seen that the handles are firmly wedged in the ends of the cloth and that during the use of the device, the pull upon the handles only serves to still further wedge them in the cloth so the latter can not become detached accidentally. The cloth may be shaped by folding and sewing as indicated at 16, or may be shaped in any other suitable manner.

If desired the cloth may be secured to the handle by means of a clamp 19 in the form of a. band, preferably of metal which firmly clamps the cloth to the handle by sliding the clamp downward until the cloth and handle are firmly wedged together as will be understood.

The band 19 may be provided with prongs 20 which bite into the cloth and handle as the clamp is pushed toward the wider wedge end 13 of the handle.

It will be noted that in the construction described in the foregoing, the cloth is detachably secured to the handles by having the latter wedged inside the cloth as in Fig. 2, and in addition clamping means may be used as shown. Thus the use of nails or tacks is avoided and a simpler and cheaper method of construction provided in which the cloth is securely attached, yet quickly detached and renewed.

As shown in Fig. 1 the device may be used by a person without the latter having to bend, which is objectionable in many cases as for instance when the user is stout. It may of course also be used comfortably while the person is sitting.

Various changes in the form and construction of the details of my invention may be made without departing from the principle thereof as defined by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim 1. A shoe olishing device comprising a cloth consisting of at least two thicknesses of material sewed together lengthwise and narrowed at the ends, a handle,1nembers projecting from said handle and adapted to pass inside and wedge in said ends of the cloth and clamping means cooperating with the said.

members for securing the cloth to the said handles inside the ends of the cloth and handles. clamping means surrounding said handles 2. A shoe polishing device comprising a and cloth for clamping the same together. 10

cloth having tubular ends, a handle for each Signed at New York in the county of New 5 end of the cloth adapted to be inserted with- York and State of New York this 13th day in said tubular ends, said handles having 01 June A. D. 1916. wedge shaped ends whereby to wedge the GUSTAV ADOLF MAUSERT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G. 

